[Matrix-SIG] Adding a Sparse matrix object

[Herbert L. Roitblat]

Matlab has a white paper on sparse matrices in the help\pdf_doc\otherdocs
directory called simax.ps.  This paper is part of the matlab 5.2
distribution and may be included in other versions.

HLR
-----Original Message-----
From: Konrad Hinsen <hinsen@cnrs-orleans.fr>
To: Oliphant.Travis@mayo.edu <Oliphant.Travis@mayo.edu>
Cc: matrix-sig@python.org <matrix-sig@python.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Matrix-SIG] Adding a Sparse matrix object


>> Is there an interest in developing a sparse matrix object with
appropriate
>> methods and functions defined to complement the array object?  I
>
>Definitely. The big problems seems to me to decide about the
>data storage layout; there are simply too many different kinds of sparse
>matrices. How does MATLAB solve this problem?
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